"How It's Done" is a song by American rapper

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, German singer

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, Finnish singer

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and British rapper

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. It was released on October 11, 2019, by

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, as the second single from the

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to the film ''

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'', based on the television series of the same name created by

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and Ben Roberts.

Background

American singer

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revealed the tracklist of the then-upcoming '' Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' on her

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. "How It's Done" was made available for purchase upon pre-order. Petras said that she was thankful to be included on the soundtrack.

Critical reception

Shaad D'Souza of ''

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'' described the song as "an upbeat, vintage-sounding R&B track" and pointed out that it "showcases a new style for all four artists". Mike Nied at ''

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'' thought the track was "a predictably catchy anthem". MTV News described the song as "party-starting posse cut".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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: *

– vocals, songwriting *

– vocals *

– vocals, songwriting *

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...

– production, songwriting, programming, backing vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion *

Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', for ...

– songwriting, co-production *

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– songwriting, production, programming, backing vocals, bass, horn arrangement, keyboards, percussion, string arrangement * Michael Engström – bass * Wojtek Goral – saxophone * David Bukovinszky – cello * Mattias Bylund – editing, record engineering, horn, horn arrangement, strings, string arrangement, synthesizing * Cory Bice – record engineering * Jeremy Lertola – record engineering * Sam Holland – record engineering * John Hanes – mixing engineering *

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– mixing * Wojtek Goral – saxophone, tenor saxophone * Tomas Jonsson – tenor saxophone * Peter Noos Johansson – trombone * Janne Bjerger – trumpet * Magnus Johansson – trumpet * Mattias Johansson – violin * Aaron Joseph – vocal engineering, vocal production * Kalle Keskikuru – vocal engineering * Parker Ament – vocal engineering * Rymez – vocal engineering

Release history

References

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